-Founded by Mark Perry.
- Name inspiration - Ramones song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue."
- Stories on bands.
- Sniffin' Glue was offering grass-roots reportage on British punk's first flowering.
- Established a culture of DIY underground rock criticism that thrives to this day.
- Sniffin' Glue ended in 1977 after 12 issues.
- Perry used everyday tools that were immediately to hand.
- Sniffin' Glue fit with the do-it-yourself ethos which was already an important part of punk culture.
- Typewritten or felt tip text.
- Misspellings and crossings out.
- Photocopying also contributed to punk zine look by limiting graphic experimentation to black and white tones and imagery based on collage, enlargement and reduction.
- Sold up to 15,000/20,000 copies.
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